Relation Among Quality of Attachment, Hostility and Interpersonal Sensitivity in College Students

The aim of the current research was to investigate the relationship between quality of attachment with hostility and interpersonal Sensitivity in Tehran and Iran Medical Sciences Universities. To accomplish the stated goal 467 students from Tehran and Iran Medical Sciences Universities were selected by means of proportional sampling procedure. The Revised Adult Attachment Scale (Collins, 1996) and Scales of Hostility and Interpersonal Sensitivity in Symptom Checklist90-Revised (Derogatis et al., 1973) were administered on them. Analysis of data using a multiple regression analysis revealed that the magnitude of hostility and interpersonal sensitivity can be predicted from the quality of student's attachment. Moreover, data revealed that students who had an anxious attachment were higher in hostility and interpersonal sensitivity than students who had a close attachment (being comfortable with intimacy) and depend attachment (dependability of others). Authors concluded that close and depend attachment were associated with lower hostility and interpersonal sensitivity in college students who were studying in Medical Sciences Universities.